Topic       : User Manual for TeraDesk
Author      : Wout Klaren, Henk Robbers, Djordje Vukovic
Version     : February 2017
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      Introduction

1.1  About Tera Desktop                                       TeraDesk

Tera Desktop (TeraDesk) is a replacement for the ST, STE, TT or Falcon
desktop. It provides more facilities than the built-in TOS desktop.

TeraDesk is an  open-source desktop  for all  16-bit and 32-bit  Atari
computers.  The developers' goal  has been  to maintain  TeraDesk as a
small, simple, fast and reliable desktop, which would be functional in
modern  multi-tasking  environments and  all flavours  and versions of
TOS-compatible operating  systems, yet retaining, as much as possible,
familiarity  with  the original TOS desktop.

TeraDesk is NOT intended  to be a direct replacement for the excellent
but  resource-demanding desktops like  Thing or Jinnee, but instead is
designed to be used where disk space, system memory, speed limitations
or price make the use of those fine desktops impractical. For example,
TeraDesk's size and memory usage is currently only about 1/3 to 1/2 of
Jinnee's in a similar setup.

TeraDesk  was  initially  developed  by  Wout Klaren. Version 1.41 was
released in 1994, and here development stopped for some time.

Version  1.42 was the first version published under the General Public
License in 2002.

Version 2.0 was an adaptation by Henk Robbers to modern AESes, such as
N.AES,  XaAES and MagiC, near the end of 2002.

Version 2.3  was the first result of the joint efforts of Henk Robbers
and Djordje Vukovic, and comprised a number of new features.

Version  3.0  was the result of the continued cooperation of H.Robbers
and   Dj.Vukovic;  further  significant  improvements  to   TeraDesk's
functionality  were  made,   with  the  program  having  undergone  an
extensive redesign.

After Version 3.0 development has been continued mostly by Dj.Vukovic.

Since version 4.04 a Coldfire-compatible binary can be built using the
AHCC compiler developed by H. Robbers.

This program with its accompanying files is  Freeware and Open Source.
It may  be  copied  and distributed freely provided  that the terms of
the  GNU General Public License  (GPL; see  accompanying file COPYING)
are respected. If the program is distributed by a PD library, only the
costs of the disk and distribution may be recovered.

Tera Desktop files (included in the binary distribution) are:

             COPYING          Copy of the GPL
             DESKTOP.PRG      The Tera Desktop program
             DESKTOS.PRG      Smaller version for single TOS ONLY
             DESK_CF.PRG      Coldfire-compatible version
             DESKTOP.RSC      English resource file
             DESKTOP.RSD      English resource definitions file
             ICONS.RSC        Monochrome icons resource file
             CICONS.RSC       Colour icons resource file
             README.TXT       Introduction in English
             HIST_V34.TXT     Development history in English
             TERADESK.HYP     ST-Guide manual in English
             TERADESK.REF     Reference file for the above
             TERADESK.INF     Sample configuration file
             TERADESK.PAL     Sample palette file

There also exists  a source distribution  that  contains  the complete
source tree of Tera Desktop, to be compiled and linked with PureC 1.1,
except for the Coldfire-compartible version that must be compiled with
the AHCC compiler.